“AT ONE WITH THE SEA” by Nicole Shayne Vacalares“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would less because of that missing drop.” – Mother Teresa

INTRODUCTION

For whatever we loose whether it is you or a me, It is always our self we find in the sea. Therefore, we need to start conserving our ocean. We should not just sit and will not do something. We should work on it. In addition, Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippines. It is also rich in marine life. And nowadays, marine life and sea are getting worse because of the human – caused damage and because of not restoring it.

PROBLEM STATEMENT• Garbage are everywhere in the coastal area. • No implementation of conserving marine. • Some sea weeds and other marine life was at the

sea shore because of the typhoons and habagat. • High tides and cause of flooding. • No beauty on it.

COMMUNITY NEEDS

• Mangrove tree planting • 3 R’s implementation• Coastal Clean up drive • Conservation of marine life

OBJECTIVES

• Protection and prevention of ecosystems in oceans and seas.• Limiting human – caused damage to marine ecosystems. • Preventing marine vulnerable species.

SOLUTION STATEMENT

More than ever, the fate of ocean is in our hands. To be good stewards and leave a thriving ocean for future generations, we need to make changes big and small wherever we are. We need to make a positive difference.

OUTPUTS• Zone District and Zone Leaders – clean the area

every first Saturday of the month (Scheduling). • Restaurant’s owners – plant mangrove tree in

their area (5m). • Light Cavalry Leadership Community and Abs

Cbn Northern Mindanao Tv Patrol – part of sand painting contest and sculpturing contest.

• MENRO, Gawad Kalinga Youth for Christ, Light Cavalry Leadership Community, Student councils of Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan, and Residence – promote the message in a bottle advocacy about Marine Conservation.

• Baranggay Officals and the community – 3 R’s implementation.

OUTCOMES• There will be prevention from storm surge, typhoon,

and gives oxygen by the help of Mangrove tree. • There will be a clean surroundings, less water

pollution, and marine life are safe. • The sand painting and sculpturing contest will helps us

residence and other people to motivate ourselves in giving importance of what God gave us through using our talents and through giving importance about arts.

• People will be aware about our problem in marine conservation.

• The garbage will be segregated every and proper waste disposal in the coastal area.

LESSONS

Lessons are what we need to be successful one day. We need it in our life to know how are we going to improve ourselves through our mistakes and lesson we learned. Somewhat lesson is like in the rope courses. You are not afraid of heights but afraid of falling. Moreover like seeking for opportunities, we are not afraid to try it but we are just afraid that we might regret for it. So like lesson, we are not afraid of improving ourselves but we are just afraid of accepting our mistakes.

LESSON FROM1. Andrea Guzman – Social Media as Tools for

advocacy2. Chris Birks – Communication for community

organizing3. Dr. Sue Russell – Film Workshops and

Environmental issues in the Philippines: Roles of the youths in environmental sustainability and stewardship.

4. Dr. Rey Ty – Developing and Designing Action plans for Environmental Community Service Project

5. Dr. Kendell Thu – Environmental and Society: The 3 R’s of Conservation

6. Reema Ahmad – Transforming the Leadership Potentials of the Youth and Youth Leadership and Civic Engagement

7. Jafri Assad – Art (Hip hop) for Social Change8. Stronghold Activities

SPECIFICALLY ABOUT?1. How are we going to communicate people to

understand us and to know what is the best way to tell people our message, to identify the groups’ skills. And lastly, to decide what is the possible visitor.

2. How to tap people and how to properly and formally communicate with them.

3. Trying to connect the knots in winning all rivers, how Kayapo and Carterets treasure nature, and time to take the arms. What are the roles of the Youth and how Youth can help in the problems and how will Youth face it.

4. How are we going to plan our action plan well. How to implement it. And how we nature environment according to our biases.

5. How important is segregating garbage is. How to advocate the like in a reality. How to do it properly like proper waste disposal.

6. In this, it is about knowing our own story and being able to connect to other people’s stories. And to work for it to grow together and build people power together.

7. Arts are not just for fun but also you can use it for social change.

8. Leadership training and Teambuilding

HOW APPLIED IN YOUR PROJECT

1. The message in the bottle advocacy, the social media technologies I will use to connect to people, and the fundamental of communication I will I use in presenting and implementing this project.

2. The public speaking in communicating effectively for community organizing. How to deliver the speeches. And Preparing presentation.

3. Be like Carterets and Kayapo people in doing this project be “Optimistic and fight for what is right” and will include Youth in my project since Youth are the chance in the country.

4. I have a Pre program, Post program, and Implementation and what are the possible project I can do in the community.

5. Through my “Bring what you see” and 3 R’s implementation activities.

6. Through my clean up drive activity and involving youth in civic engagement. Through studying the story of my community. And learning how to build a relationship together. 7. I have this thing called “Sand painting and Sculpturing Contest about marine conservation.

8. I need to apply how I will build teamwork in my teammates and to lead in a right way.

HOW INNOVATIVE IS YOUR PROJECT• Sand Painting and Sculpturing Contest

Mangrove tree planting in the seaside restaurants

• And the Message in the Tumblr thingFor me it is innovative because those are my ideas that people in the community was not yet able to develop it. Although in other countries it was done already just like sand painting and sculpturing but the twist is that this is a contest about Marine conservation and promoting how arts can also help us. For others it is just so small but I can say it that we need to start small and build with experience.

PRE – PROGRAM ACTION PLAN

Tasks Lead Person

Support Persons

When When (Deadline)

Presentation for the LGU about this project to support me

Nicole Shayne Vacalares

Atty. Edward Yasay & Vacalares and Yasay Family

May 20, 2014

May 23, 2014

Solicitation Distribution

Mr. and Mrs. Chie Echem and family

Oro Bike shop, Panagatan Restaurant, Seabling Restaurant, Anna’s Kitchenette

May 26, 2014

May 30, 2014

Logistic (Mangrove Seeds, Papers, garbage trash bag, etc.)

Joselito Valares

Dowry Enterprises and Vacalares family

May 26, 2014

May 31, 2014

Final Plan for the organizations

Nicole Shayne Vacalares

Atty. Edward Yasay and Vacalares family

May 25, 2014

May 28, 2014

PROGRAM ACTION PLAN

Tasks Lead Person/s Support Persons

When When (Deadline)

“Bring what you see” Coastal Clean up drive

Zone Leaders Zone district, LGU, and MENRO

June 5, 2014 June 6, 2014

Mangrove Tree Planting

Edward Yasay Panagatan Restaurant, Seablings Reastaurant, Anna’s Kitchenette, and BBQ House Restaurant

June 12, 2014 June 14, 2014

Sand Contest Nicole Shayne Vacalares and Shaira Baltazar

Light Cavalry Leadership Community, Ateneo de Cagayan, Residence, and Yasay and Vacalares family, Tv Patrol Northern Mindnanao

June 16, 2014 June 21, 2014

3 R’s Implementation

LGU and MENRO Residence in Opol

June 2, 2014 June 6, 2014

Message in the Tumbler

Nicole Shayne Vacalares and Mary Geralia

PYLP – ACCESS, PYLP alumni, Ateneo de Cagayan, Youth in the church of OCOPC, YFC

June 27, 2014 July 12, 2014

ACTUAL DAY

Activities Time Lead Person

Support person

Gathering of people at Baybayon beach

6:00 – 6:30 am

Zone Leaders

Officers of every Zone

Cleaning time 6:30 – 8: 00 am

Zone Leaders

Residence of that assigned zone and Zone officers

Segregating garbage 8:00– 9:00am

Zone Leaders

Residence of that assigned zone and Zone Officers

Putting of the trashes in Garbage area (wait for the collection once a week).

9:00 – 9:30am

Zone Leaders

Garbage Collectors, LGU, and Residence of that assigned zone

Selling of trashes to the Junkshop

9:30 – 10:30 am

Zone Leaders and Officers

Molugan Junkshop and other Junkshop

BRING WHAT YOU SEE & 3 R’s IMPLEMENTATION

PLANT MANGROVE TREEActivities Time Lead Person/s Supporting Persons

Gathering 7:00 – 7:30am

Atty. Edward Yasay

Restaurant owners in Opol, LGU, Yasay Family, Vacalares FAmily

Opening Prayer

7:30am Baranggay Captain

Restaurant owners in Opol, LGU

Plating Mangrove tree

7:45-10:00am

Nicole Shayne Vacalares

Restaurant owners, people who wants to join, Vacalares family, and Yasay Family, LGU

Thanks Giving speech

10:00 – 10:15am

Nicole Shayne Vacalares

Closing prayer

10:15-10:20am

One of the Branggay Kagawad

LGU, Restaurant owners, Yasay Family, Vacalares Family

Sand Painting and sculpturing contestActivity Time Lead person/s Supporting Persons

Registration 7:30-8:30am

Special Event Committee head

Light cavalry Leadership Community, LGU, Vacalares Family, Yasay Family, Ateneo de Cagayan, PYLP Alumni, PYLPERS

Opening Prayer 8:35am Sammuel Macagba III

Opening Remarks

8:40am Nicole Vacalares and Shaira Baltazar

Introducing of Judges and criteria

8:45am Baranggay Captain

Start of painting and sculpturing

9:20-12:00 am

CONTESTANS

Lunch break 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Picture taking and video taking

1:30 – 3:00 pm

SD committee head

Light Cavalry Leadership Community, PAGASA of Ateneo de Cagayan, TV Patrol Northern Mindanao

Awarding of winners

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Baranggay Captain and Nicole Vacalares

Closing 4:30pm Spiritual Committee and Special Event Committee Heads

Message in the TumblerActivity Time Lead

Person/sSupporting Persons

Getting of the Product

9:00 am Nicole Shayne Vacalares and Mary Gerali

Tumbler maker store

Selling of this product

10:00am Nicole Vacalares and Mary Gerali

Ateneo de Cagayan, LGU, Residence in Opol, Vacalares family, Yasay Family, Restaurants, PYLPERS and PYLP alumni

POST PROGRAM ACTION PLANActivity Lead Person/s Supporting

PersonsWhen When (Deadline)

Bring what you see every 2nd Saturday morning

Zone Leaders (There will be schedules of month zone 1-7)

LGU, Zone leaders June 5, 2014 June 6, 2014

Sand Painting and Sculpturing Contest will be screened out in PAGASA in ADCU & TV Patrol Northern Mindanao

Nicole Shayne Vacalares, Shaira Baltazar, and Atty. Edward Yasay

Light Cavalry Leadership Community, PAGSA Ateneo de Cagayan, ABS CBN Northern Mindanao, and LGU

June 21, 2014 June – July depends on what day they will release it.

Collection of Garbage once a week every Saturday

Head of the Garbage Collectors in Opol

MENRO and LGU June 5, 2014 June 6, 2014

Selling of “Message in the Tumbler” in different branches about Marine Conservation

Nicole Shayne Vacalares and Mary Gerali

Restaurant owners, LGU, Ateneo de Cagayan University, Light Cavalry Leadership Community, Residence in Opol, and the Youth in the OCOPC, Gawad Kalinga, PYLP Alumni, and PYLPERS

July 14, 2014 July 19, 2014

BUDGET

Item Cost/Unit Number of receivers

Subtotal

Mangrove Seeds

300 php per kg 4 1,200 php

Garbage bags 100 php per roll 5 500 php

Trophies and Medals

50. 00 php 3 150 php

Capital for Message in the Tumbler

100.00 php 30 3,000 php

Transportation in buying materials

150.00 php 1 150 php

OVERALL TOTAL:

5,000 php

HOW DO YOU ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY?

To ensure sustainability is that I have to tap people. First, I need to tap the LGU for permission and understand me in implementing this project. Second I will tap, Light Cavalry Leadership Community, Gawad Kalinga Youth For Christ, YFC of OCOPC, PAGASA of Ateneo de Cagayan University, and TV Patrol Northern Mindanao about my project so that they will help me in introducing this project to other people. Third, I will tap the restaurant owners, zone leaders, and community so that they will cooperate with me in doing this such things. Lastly, to really ensure this sustainability, I will tap the MENRO to support and help me continue this project also.

AT ONE WITH THE SEA PROJECT

“START SMALL AND BUILD WITH EXPERIENCES.”